Bulk Carrier or Motorcar Carrier

A life-threatening condition where there is loss of body heat; the greatest danger for anyone in the water. As the body loses its heat, body functions slow down, and this can quickly lead to death.

National Vocational Qualification.

A tiller or a wheel generally installed on the bridge or wheelhouse of a ship to turn the rudder during manoeuvering and navigation. It is in fact the steering wheel of the ship.

A measure of the electrical resistance of a material equal to the resistance of a circuit in which the potential difference of 1 volt produces a current of 1 ampere.

Circular iron band used to hold a bowsprit on the stem of a sailing vessel.

A layer of semiconductor material, such as copper indium diselenide or gallium arsenide, a few microns or less in thickness, used to make solar photovoltaic cells.

The sale (purchase) of a near month call option (put option) and the simultaneous purchase (sale) of.

The toal temperature at the intake flange of the compressor.

A ton on which the shipment is freighted. If cargo is rated as weight or measure (W/M), whichever produces the highest revenue will be considered the revenue ton. Weights are based on metric tons and measures are based on cubic meters. RT=1 MT or 1 CBM.

Gross Observed Volume

Receiver(s)

The arrangement, proportion, and design of windows in a building.

The operation of taking a sounding with the hand lead (to find bottom).

The effect of cooling by the radiation of heat from a building to the night sky.

Call or put options on an index such as the Standard and Poor's 500 Index or the FTSE 100.

The direction to which a compass points. Magnetic north differs from true north because the magnetic fields of the planet are not exactly in line with the north and south poles. Observed differences between magnetic and true north is known as magnetic var ...

A bulkhead that will not let water pass from one side of it to the other.

To bagpipe the mizzen, is to lay it aback by bringing the sheet to the weather mizzen rigging.

Ventilation that is created by the differences in the distribution of air pressures around a building. Air moves from areas of high pressure to areas of low pressure with gravity and wind pressure affecting the airflow. The placement and control of doors ...